Josephine Lucille (Dominy) CAROLUS

CAROLUS, DOMINY, PAUL, WALTER, BRIGNON, NUEHRING, JANSSEN, HENRICKSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/6/2007 at 00:16:53

Josephine Carolus, 89, Belmond, died Sunday, September 2, 2007 a the Belmond Health Care Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, September 6 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic church with Father Chris Podhajsky officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Dugger Ewing Funeral Home and one hour prior to services at the church. Rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m. and a scripture service held at 7 p.m.

September 4, 2007
©Belmond Independent 2007

BELMOND - Josephine L. Carolus, 89, of Belmond, passed away Sunday (September 2, 2007) at the Belmond Health Care Center in Belmond. Funeral services for Josephine Carolus will be held on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Belmond with Father Chris Podhajsky officiating. Burial will be in the St. Francis Cemetery.

Visitation for Josephine Carolus will be held from 5 until 7 p.m. on today (Wednesday, Sept. 5) at the Dugger Ewing Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South in Belmond and one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday. A rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m. with the Scripture service beginning at 7 p.m.

Josephine Lucille Dominy, daughter of William S. and Elsie (Paul) Dominy was born Oct. 8, 1917 in Windaar, Mo. When she was 18 months old, her mother died and she, along with her brother, Howard, came to Goodell, Iowa, to make a home with Aunt Mary and Uncle John Dominy. In December of 1919, they moved one mile north of Goodell from a farm west of town. Josephine graduated from Goodell High School in 1935. She and her brother operated the family farm until she began to work in the nursing homes in Clear Lake and Belmond. Josephine married A. LeRoy Carolus on Feb. 13, 1971, at St. Francis Xavier Church in Belmond. Their wedding was the last one performed in the old church. LeRoy and Josephine moved to the BelAire Condo in the fall of 1999. Josephine was a 4-H leader for many years, a member of the Catholic Daughters, and the Rosary Society. She enjoyed sewing and doing handy work.

She is survived by her husband, LeRoy; niece, Rosemary (Dean) Walter and family of Sheridan, Ill.; nephew, Lt. Col. William (Nina) Brignon (Ret.) and family of Sheridan, Ill.; sister-in-law, Margaret Nuehring of Britt; brother-in-law, Harlan (Betty) Carolus of Garner; godson, Steve (Marilyn) Janssen of Belmond; dear friend and neighbor, Joan Janssen of Goodell. Josephine is preceded in death by her parents; Uncle John and Aunt Mary; one brother, Howard; and two sisters, Mabel Brignon and Marian Henrickson.

The family suggests memorials be donated to Wright County Hospice, Belmond Ambulance, Belmond Hospital Foundation, or to the donor's choice. Dugger Ewing Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South, Belmond.

Mason City Globe Gazette
September 3, 2007